A 215-yr coral δ18O time series from Palau records dynamics of the West Pacific Warm Pool following the end of the Little Ice Age

Coral Reefs

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 719-731

  Osborne, Michael C ^a   Dunbar, Robert B ^a   Mucciarone, David A ^a   Druffel, Ellen ^b   Sanchez Cabeza, Joan Albert ^c,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

El Ni o Southern Oscillation (ENSO); Little Ice Age (LIA); Oxygen isotopes; Palau; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84905824185     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-014-1146-1     Document Type: Article

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